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Chandelier – 24
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Tina took a deep breath, exhaled, shook her head, and took another deep breath. She looked up at Bette. "Hi. I’m Tina Kennard. And you are?"
Bette looked at her suspiciously.
"Don’t let this scare you, but I’m a separated, bisexual mother of a one-year-old." Tina continued, watching Bette’s expression. "Funny thing, though, this ‘bisexual’ business," She made quote marks on the word bisexual, "because I used to be straight. Then this woman — God, you should meet this woman — crashed into my life and turned everything I knew upside down. Everything I thought I was, everything I thought life is, she changed."
"Better or worse?"
Tina smiled, meeting Bette’s gaze. "Better."
"I should meet this woman," Bette said softly.
"Mm," Tina shrugged. "Despite everything I tell you, she’s not perfect."
"Nobody is."
"I tried to make her so." Tina admitted, never taking her gaze away from Bette’s. "I expected her to be so. I knew she wasn’t, but she had this untouchable spirit that I should’ve known better than to believe."
"Tina — "
"One day the fantasy fell apart." Tina continued. "And everyday I fought it, refusing to wake up from the dream she’d set up for me, and I’ve been fighting it ever since."
"Why are you on this date?"
Tina smiled faintly. "It’s a long story."
"Shorten it."
"I traded one fantasy for another, lesser, one. I gave her up because she stopped being perfect, she stopped being a fantasy. I gave her up because reality sank in, and I couldn’t handle it." Tina answered. "But I have a daughter. She gave me our daughter, and now I have a beautiful daughter, and I look at her, and she makes everything better. And for me, it’s enough. But if I had a shot at something better, something real that closely matches the fantasy, something that she’ll really like, I think I owe it to her to try."
"She must be really special," Bette noted.
"She’s perfect," Tina whispered.
"You haven’t told me anything to convince me why I should trust you."
"I have a lot of crap to deal with, but I assure you that when I have my shit together I’m capable of being an amazing partner." Tina told her.
"I don’t want to be a story you tell your daughter."
"I’m hoping you’ll be there to tell her the story." Tina answered.
Bette looked at her.
Tina held her gaze.
Screw it, she didn’t care anymore if the date was a success or not, she needed Bette to understand where she was coming from. What she dealt with on a daily basis. That it had been her own delusional ideas, her own skewed ideals, that had devastated her, and not the mistakes that made things real to the point of scary. What she had decided to stop the minute she decided her life would stop being about her, and more about Angelica, and how she could be a good mother to her daughter.
Bette took a deep breath.
Please don’t run, Tina pleaded silently.
Bette smiled faintly at Tina. "I’m Bette Porter."
Relief.
"Scary coincidence," Bette smiled, trying for humor, "I have a one-year-old, too."
"I bet she’s beautiful."
"She’s perfect."
Tina grinned, allowing the all-encompassing relief flood through her body. Had she really been holding that much tension? "I don’t know if I’ve told you this, but you look beautiful."
"I wouldn’t mind hearing it repeatedly."
"I might forget to say it," Tina pointed out, "but it’ll still be true."
"Saving your hide already?" Bette teased. "If that’s what you reveal on a first date, I’m curious how the next one’s going to go."
"I get a next one?" Tina asked hopefully.
"I think it’d be a waste of your Aston Martin rental not to," Bette smiled. "But only if you tell me what’s going on in that pretty head of yours right now."
"Right now?"
"Right now," Bette confirmed.
Tina smiled at her. "I bet you look good on the dancefloor."
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Wait ’til you FEEL her on the dancefloor, Tina. You will never want to leave, except to go to bed.
damn, this story just making me hold my breath until the end and i can’t wait for more…brilliant
Tina’s legs will probably turn to jelly once Bette gets her out there on the dancefloor!
What you can do with dialogue!!!! Thanks!
I can’t get over how well you write dialogue. It looks like a real conversation between real people
Tiff…you’re the shiznit. Your dialogue is fucking amazing. Do you speak to your friends in this manner? If so, you’re a brilliant conversationalist.
You make these two sound almost like real people. I know that they are characters on a tv show, but I have come to love them as real people. You have taken that dream and showed them living in a world that would rather kick you in the face than help you survive. You have shown the reader the struggles that Tina has gone through in trying to figure out her own head. She knows that she loves Bette and wants her back but is afraid of all that goes with what makes Bette and Tina. You make me want to grab Tina’s hand and help her make that leap of faith into Bette’s life and to be her lover, friend and forever.
Poor Tina she couldnt forget how Bette was on the dance floor. There goes her heart again. thanks
Tiff you SO RULE!! I agree totally with pattifloatn….
The dialogue! Like all the rest said… brilliant. This is far too short. But you should know you’re amazing. The end.
DAMN! THIS STORY KEEPS GETTING BETTER/BETTER EACH TIME.BETTE TAKE HER TO THE DANCEFLOOR NOW AND THEN TO BED! PLEASE POST SOON TIFF LOV YOUR STORY!
ohh well that sexual tension is gonna increase exponentially now!! yes yes and more yes!!
amazing! your dialogues are incredibles! i bet they look so good in the dancing floor too! next please i can’t wait
I’m late to the party, I see. Well, what they said.
What more can I say after all that’s been said by the other readers. Amazing. Let the dance begin, or rather, let the dance resume…the dance that’s their lives.
That was great chapter. Thanks for sharing your talent.
WOW, WOW, WOW!!! It amazes me how this story continues to get better with each and every chapter. Thank you!
Tiff you’re an artist, an artist with words. I don’t like dancing, would take Bette straight to bed…..
Ah breakfast WITH tIFF (HHmmmnnnn that sounds familiar…?)….for me that is – I’m reading this with my toast & banana. We’ll all be hoping B&T get to breakfast together soon though
Well, they cleared the first hurdle. Nobody ran, no dishes thrown. On to the dance floor! Thanks!
Oh, finally Tina did something real. If they continued that ‘vague’ (can’t find a suitable word here) situation, I doubt they’d be eaten alive.
give us the dancefloor…..please??
damn.i juz LOVE your stories.can’t help it. *grin*
I recognized the chapter title before reading the author note, a good song, not one of my faves though.. Woman, I love how balanced your characters are.. Only true Tibette fans don’t live in denial and vilify one of them.. YOU RULE..
Your writing sucks me everytime despite the fact that I do not want Tibette together after all that shit. But like I said a trip to denialville is one helleva ride if you are the conductor! *Chug chug chu chu chu*
Well Tiff, This is by far the best diologued(sp?) FF, i’ve read in a while. So I hoPe u keep it up. I lUv the fact that tina was being real, and tellin’ bette how she basically screwd up. UNlike the other writers who live on fantasywishful thinking land. This sounds sooo real, If IC does this, it would be plausible to see a reunion by B&T. KEEP IT UP, UR A GREAT WRITER.
You Rock!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for such a great story and this chapter. WOW. You make them feel almost real, we can see and hear them talk almost. You are so very good. Please let them get together but not wait too overly long for that complete re-connection. Thanks.
Good chapter. This is getting better and better!
Hey TD, Pleasure abounds whenever I see that you hacve posted another magnificent chapter in this tale. Bette and Tina are slowly changing and realizing jusy how much they both wan this chance to work. your dialogue zips along and dazzles at every turn. Now will we gets to see these two love birds getting it on, on the dance floor. My wish for sure. Thank you so much for this brilliance and sharing it with me. Your Loyal Fan.
Tina is starting to get Tina and that’s a good thing. Delightful from beginning to end.
Your dialogue just flows. It’s so rich. Wonderful job.